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Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) enrollment dropped by 4,000 students from the 2025-2026 school year to the 2026-2027 school year, the largest drop in enrollment since the 2019-2020 to 2020-2021 school year, according to school board documents shared Thursday.
According to unofficial enrollment numbers provided by the district, the district only has 151,967 students enrolled for this school year, a decrease of 4,083 students from the 2025-2026 school year. It’s also about 3,000 fewer than the roughly 155,000 students the district was projecting…